I'm Speaking...with Elizabeth West

Hello...thanks for listening and for reading this! First off...for those in the U.S., thanks for voting and for making your voices heard! ...Whenever I don't take self-care, it always bites me in the butt!  I always feel that I can "outsmart the system" or "outsmart life" or my body, to people please and skip my self-care and I don't know about you, but it never works for me.  I haven't...

Hello...thanks for listening! Democracy and women's rights are on the ballot this midterm election! And this is a "no joke" election year! Hopefully you were able to Vote early and if not, you still have the actual election day which is Tuesday, November 8, 2022!  Let's make our voices heard...loud and clear! Some helpful websites: 1. www. VOTE.org (for anywhere in the US and depending on whe...

Hello...thanks for listening! This is similar to what I spoke about in my last podcast episode Ep 31 The Heart Knows Before the Mind Does. It's interesting how we are taught and "groomed" (especially women) to look 'outward' for advice and to ask, ask, ask. And to not ever look inward and to follow our instincts and what our intuition is telling us. I'm not speaking about anything that's harming s...

Hello...thanks for listening! I've been going through a lot which is why I haven't had a podcast episode in a bit. Whenever I don't have an episode within a couple of weeks this is usually why...it's always due to "life".  Don't get me wrong though...I LOVE podcasting, I love helping others and sharing information with others and when I don't, I genuinely feel sad and like a part of me is 'mi...

Hello...thanks for listening! I heard Billie talk on another podcast and I resonated with a lot of what she said so I reached out to her, and the rest is history! :) Thanks, Billie! Billie Gardner and I talk a lot about being an introvert and our characteristics that are more introverted! And that it's all "okay"! Billie Gardner's info: www.desiretodone.com ^^^ She has a great club for introverts...

Hello...thanks for listening!  July 19 was my 1 year podcast-versary! Woohoo! I thought I was an extrovert my whole life because growing up it seemed that everyone equates being an introvert = shyness. I've always been outgoing and have had friends throughout life, so I 'assumed' I was an extrovert!  Come to find out that we're all both (extroverted AND introverted) number one, and that...

Hello...thanks for listening! This is another good one y'all and I'm not being biased! Tracie has a lot of mic drop moments in this podcast episode!  She speaks about "changing the culture of sales" and how to write more "audience focused vs 'me' focused" copy which I can attest to doing myself! I don't do this intentionally; it just takes some practice for us newbies and Tracie help me hands...

Hello...thanks for listening! I found out about Danielle Tucker when we attended a zoom meeting and I Ioved her energy and so I decided to reach out to her and now we're "biz buddies"! :) She talks about a lot of things on this episode...like 'jumping without a net' and being a digital nomad for many years, realizing that she needed to take self-care and then slowing down to create a 3-day workwee...

Hello...thanks for listening! The interview starts at 4:24. ;-) Jessica was my first podcast interview back in October 2021! Thanks, Jessica!!!  I edit my own podcast episodes right now and due to this and "life" it took me this long to convert our Zoom interview into Audacity (how I edit my podcast episodes) and then onto MP3 so they can be listened to as a podcast, after the edits! Being "t...

Hello...thanks for listening! In the U.S. it's close to Independence Day, a huge holiday celebrated. It was freedom from Britain on July 4, 1776.  This year with the overturning of Roe v Wade and many rights being restricted, it's making me question Independence Day. Womens' bodies are governed by their state with the overturning of Roe v Wade and it really wasn't that long ago that women (wh...

Hello...thanks for listening! I'm in the U.S. and on Friday, June 24, Roe v Wade was overturned. I am shocked and livid to say the least (!) I made sure to cool down by the time I recorded this though so it's still not "E" rated for 'Explicit' but What the eff just happened?!? The one thing that we can do and all U.S. Citizens is to VOTE as Michelle Obama said in the 2020 Elections, "VOTE like our...

Hello...thanks for listening! Einstein has a quote "You don't fail until you stop trying"....  This is one of my favorite quotes yet, only now am I allowing myself to really follow this idea.  You see...the word 'failure' gives me anxiety even typing it out. I hate this word! And with my hating of this word, it's making me question...why do I/have I put so much power into this word (?)....

Hello...thanks for listening! My teacher in the 5th Grade (I'm in the U.S.) and my teacher didn't really teach. He was lazy really. He was "textbook" and his "teaching style" consisted of us reading one of our textbooks (for example) for Geography, answering the questions at the end of the chapter (in the book) and that was it.  We were not to ask any questions in addition.  He specifica...

Hello...thanks for listening! I've had a long list of people that I've asked to be on my podcast since before I started podcasting (one of my Zones of Genius is 'Connecting with Others'). Anyhow, everyone has said "yes, let me know!" and I've responded "great, I will!".  I started my podcast almost a year ago (July 19 to be exact!) and before I started it, I had been asking people to be on my...

Hello..thanks for listening! I have always felt like this all of my life but in light of recent events in the U.S. this month (May 2022), they have made me ask "Where is the Empathy?".  I know that as a highly sensitive person (HSP) and borderline empath, that I am and we are 'deep feelers' and have more empathy than those that are not and don't but even then...how could you *not have empathy...

Hello...thanks for listening! What I've always felt since I was a child..."don't put me in a box!".  We're all individuals first and foremost and human beings. Don't ever let anyone put you in a box. I've felt like this my whole life...being a girl then a woman, a woman of color, bi-racial and adding on being an introvert and a highly sensitive person (HSP), an INFP in Myers-Briggs and a Mani...

Hello...thanks for listening! I'm at a crossroads in business and in life right now and I'm having to remember to 'Trust in Myself' and the process.  My instincts have never steered me wrong, and I have remember this.  Now, with trusting in myself / all bets are on me and looking inward, this doesn't mean that we have to 'go it alone'.  With this process it's asking for help, gettin...

Hello...thanks for listening! "Ask and You Shall Receive".... In episode #8 "Do You Hate Asking for Help?" (Which is my highest rated episode), I decided to do another episode, #16 titled, "Do You Hate Asking for Help Still?". This episode is my follow-up to actually asking for help and what ensued afterward. :) I was in a bind last year financially and I asked for all kinds of help. I was my own...

Hello...thanks for listening! In episode #8 "Do You Hate Asking for Help?" it has and still is my highest rated episode, so I decided to do another one, Ep #16 titled, "Do You Hate Asking for Help Still?". I have gotten much better with actually asking for help which I'm happy to say but I have a long way to go! All of my life I've been raised to be 'self-sufficient', a strong person and a strong...

Hello...thanks for listening! Are You an Introvert? Why This Matters.  Unsure? Take the Audio Assessment by listening to this episode or by reading below. Self-awareness doesn't just help us learn about ourselves, but it helps us to learn about those around us as well!  First things first. The only difference between an Introvert and an Extrovert is 'drum roll' in how we recharge! That's...

Hello...thanks for listening! I didn't know that I was an Introvert for the most of my life and it's due to most if not all of the following myths which are exactly just that...myths! Take the below personality test for starters. It's Free!  www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test First things first. The only difference between an Introvert and an Extrovert is 'drum roll' in how we rech...

Hello...thanks for listening! Ep #13 How Did I Get Here? (My Self-Awareness on Being an Introvert and an HSP).  I have a much longer podcast episode titled... "Ep #2 Connecting..The..Dots Throughout My Life on Being an Introvert and an HSP". ^^^ Here's the link: https://anchor.fm/elizabeth-west47/episodes/Ep-2-Connecting--The--Dots-Throughout-My-Life-on-Being-an-Introvert-and-an-HSP-e161e7b&n...

Hello...thanks for listening! ...It's okay to not be a morning person. For the most of my life I felt like something was wrong with me for not being a morning person and told that that was "lazy". Even if I slept in on the weekends mind you! Lol! We're all groomed to be "morning people" as everything from elementary school, college and working for corporate has the hour...

Hello and thank you for listening and reading this! :) Do your team members share your vision?  There have been so many companies in which I have 'unsubscribed' from due to a Team Member of theirs whether it's when I don't feel heard, or any empathy or a "tough luck" response or no response at all.  It's sad but true.  I'm in a group now in which myself and a lot of the group member...

You may get two back-to-back episodes as my last episode (I just noticed) it didn't publish from a couple of weeks ago (!) ----------------------------------- Are You a Martyr to Yourself and a Motivator to Everyone Else? We all do it and we all think of these 'downward spiral rabbit hole' thoughts and it's a struggle.  If you're an introvert and especially a highly sensitive (this includes h...